Day 6 - Elephant Sanctuary and Blyde River Canyon
7:55am The Elephant Sanctuary is just a 20 minute drive from our resort. There are two elephants at this location in Hazyview: Kasper and Kitso. Not far from the roadside is a little collection of wooden pathways that lead to a collection of straw huts. As we arrive, monkeys jump from the top of the trees and make their way down to the wooden walkways towards us. T here are monkeys everywhere -- this is common throughout South Africa. Signage exists in most public areas warning you not to feed the monkeys. After a few run-ins, I can see why. Inside one of the straw huts is the sanctuary's reception area, where we sign our lives away ( in case we get trampled, thrown, squished, bludgeoned, run over -- you get the idea ). Since Grandpa D and Grandma C visited the Elephant Sanctuary on their 2017 visit and count it as one of their most memorable experiences, we decide it's worth accepting the risk. Our guide gathers the two kids and me-- and we take a short ...